From tonysounds@yahoo.com Wed Jan 26 14:00:52 2005
Subject:RE: Traveling on a plane with a CX-3 - gig bag or case??

Hi Harold. I have no experience with Gator cases, so I can't help you there. But...I was very prejudiced against SKB cases for airline travel. When we did a tour of Japan, Singapore, other places in the Pacific, I used my Motif 8, and the flight case I had built for it put its total weight at just under 150lbs...too heavy. So I used the Motifator case made by SKB. Even that 55lb.+ keyboard did fantastically well. The keyboard flew for almost 7 weeks, was in a different airport every day, and suffered no damage. Even the case was unscathed; it was scratched but no hardware was damaged (SKB sent me free handles and latches just in case), and nothing punctured the shell. What makes the SKB superior to other cases of that sort are the super-extruded edges; they supply enough shock absorption that none of the hardware or inner edges take any hits.

T

Harold Neimann wrote:

I have checked the shipping option with UPS. From what the website
calculates for 20 kg, I will be able to buy two and a half SKB cases:-)) Is
SKB the prefereed choice, though? It appears that they did a good job in
Iraq. What about the Gator cases, they are a little less expensive.. Any
opinion on that around?

Rental may be an option, that.s a good idea. I will investigate that.

Thanks a lot,

Harold

-----Original Message-----
From: WILLIAM TSCHANZ [mailto:wtschanz@Verizon.net]
Sent: Mittwoch, 26. Januar 2005 14:12
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Traveling on a plane with a CX-3 - gig bag or case??

Another solution. Would you consider shipping it to the destination ahead
of time if you still have the carton box? Lots of people ship their baggage
that way to avoid the whole airport baggage handling problems involving
oversized and over-weight items. With the excellent tracking systems of
today you could keep a better eye on it than with the Airport personnel.
Maybe call ahead to a music store for a rental utilizing your memory
systems. The reason being is that I was involved with the construction of
the new International West Airport terminal in Philly. I know the systems
they use and, the attitude of the baggage handlers throughout the country
are at a understandable low. Maybe a road trip. Best of luck.
Billy from Philly

----- Original Message -----
From: tonysounds
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Traveling on a plane with a CX-3 - gig bag or case??

goff747@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 1/26/05 6:41:50 AM,
harney2000@gmx.de writes:

<< It.s most likely gonna be a one
time thing, so I am hesitant to invest a lot of money.

Would you suggest other solutions, or is it ok to use a gig bag this one
time?

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